If you or someone you know suffers from ptsd and needs help:

This is heartbreaking, statistically today there have now been 4,636 active duty and Veteran Suicides in 2019 alone. This information comes from quarterly active duty suicide data and the VA estimated 22 veteran suicides per day.

That is more deaths by Suicide in less than a year, than the entire amount of combat casualties for the entire Iraq war.

PTSDUSA.ORG  1-877-717-PTSD

7300 veterans annually from all eras of war including WW2, Korean, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan commit suicide. That’s more suicides annually than the total American deaths during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) since the wars began. This is a shocking number that many find hard to believe. 

ACTIVEHEROES.ORG 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1)

Summary: Pleural mesothelioma is an asbestos-related cancer that forms in the lining around the lungs. It is the most common type of the disease, accounting for about 75 percent of mesothelioma cases. Treating pleural mesothelioma at an earlier stage improves prognosis. 

U.S. Veterans are at risk of developing mesothelioma because of time spent working at shipyards and shipbuilding and repair facilities. These locations have been sources of asbestos exposure in years past. 

For more information on mesothelioma, please visit: pleuralmesothelioma.com/cancer/